In reply to Re: Phillipa -- have you started yet? » ClearSkies, posted by Phillipa on September 4, 2005, at 19:01:11

> The kangaroos have been let loose. Picked it up but didn't try it. What a wimp I am! I have no patience for myself. When I read that side effect profile I couldn't do it. Fondly, Phillipa

And that's because, as a nurse, you know that you'll get EVERY SINGLE ONE of those side effects, right?

OK, seriously -- which side effects are you most worried about? As I've said, I had three main side effects on it: constipation, weight gain (though I was in an anorexic episode when I started it), and dry mouth. Nothing else that I can remember. In some ways -- although you can imagine how I feel about weight gain from meds -- it was maybe one of the very friendliest drugs I've been on.

C'mon -- if it gets scary, you can stop taking it. Again, NO withdrawal symptoms for me when I stopped cold turkey. NO rebound depression. Just stop on Tuesday, go on with your life on Wednesday.

And you know what? If you give it a try, you just might find that it works for you, and you feel better.

If the flying monkeys don't {ahem} 'convince' you, I'll be sending those kangaroos -- and believe me: they're much more frightening than you may think! That's the last thing you want me to do...

In reply to Re: Phillipa -- watch out for those flying monkeys » Phillipa, posted by Racer on September 4, 2005, at 22:16:56

Grrrrr, Did Clear Skies tell or did you find it. Since I'm seeing pdoc Tuesday I'm waiting till then. And if she says do it then I will. Sorry I broke that promise I've never done that before. And the side effect I'm most afraid of is that I'll be awake walking around the block like I did on a TCA back in l97l. Fondly, Phillipa

In reply to Re: Phillipa -- watch out for those flying monkeys » Racer, posted by Phillipa on September 4, 2005, at 22:47:10

> Grrrrr, Did Clear Skies tell or did you find it. Since I'm seeing pdoc Tuesday I'm waiting till then. And if she says do it then I will. Sorry I broke that promise I've never done that before. And the side effect I'm most afraid of is that I'll be awake walking around the block like I did on a TCA back in l97l. Fondly, Phillipa

Nortriptyline ain't one of those insomnia inducing drugs. The doctor who prescribed it to me had me take it at bedtime, and I slept as well as I ever did at that time of my life, maybe better.

I hope that helps. Personally, I'd go for the nortriptyline over Luvox, but then I know that the noradrenergic drugs help me more than SSRIs do.